Kandy Kolored Konspiracy?

Another mystery solved. Great to know they were an actual band and performed under that krazy name for at least a year and a half. In retrospect, I should've known that, since garage/psych from "studio groups" was actually pretty rare.

Having a record in the Top 10 in a modest-sized city like Waco in no way equates to a high survival rate of copies. The Heard's "Exit 9" was #1 in Center, Texas. That meant 26 people might've bought copies.
 
Sancho Panza said:
Next mystery has to be either Caretakers of Deception or Stereo Shoestring. The full story of the Shoestring.

Caretakers of Deception have been found. I was in touch with the songwriter. He's been interviewed for an upcoming documentary and has other plans related to the group.

There were tips on the guy on Chris' site. I contacted him because London Dri ( an LA group from the era; watch for an upcoming LP on a Break-A-Way) appropriated the lyrics for 'X + Y = 13' for one of their own original songs and I was hoping to find a connection that apparently doesn't exist...
 
Having a record in the Top 10 in a modest-sized city like Waco in no way equates to a high survival rate of copies. The Heard's "Exit 9" was #1 in Center, Texas. That meant 26 people might've bought copies.[/quote]

Shelby County hasn't been the same since, bless their hearts. I'm enjoying the only surviving copy of Center Point's Johnny Tee and the Titans over On The Road South blog. Anyone know the smallest town to appear by name on a TX punk 45? Perhaps 'Hate' by the Perils from Hart?
 
Hart is a good guess. We would need a 1960s version of the "Texas Almanac" to get accurate populations.
Bridgeport, home of the Green Fuz, would be another candidatatus.
 
Here are the corrected lyrics. I remembered them mostly but had to listen to the song for the ones
on the ending. Hey, thanks for the 1.5 stars! And we did perform with that name. Quite a bit, so gimme another star. To see if I have improved any and if I am still writing inept lyrics, you can go here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztbc_vQOY98

Oh, I forgot. You are the one millioin and one who doesn't care. Well, it's the first song I ever wrote.
So if any of the rest of you are mildly curious you can follow the above link.

Gary L. Anderson aka Gary Alexander

I tried to have a go at the lyrics. Here's the best I can do:

Time's not the same
and the world isn't really round
If you look, you will see
hope shattered on the ground
But you know what they say is
That they don't realize
It's all the same
They don't care about the truth or the lies

(chorus)
I see one million people, I cry
I cry, but they don't care
I know the world is evil, girl
The times are here and now they're gone
But they don't care

What I see reality is just an imperfection of the mind
What they do, and what they say is locked in a velvet wall of time
All they have is their lies and their cotton candy alibis
They'll never know what I see,
and a multi-colored melody

I see one million people, I cry
I cry, but they don't care
I know the world is evil, girl
It always takes a long, long time
For the satisfaction of the mind
People put you down they put you out
They'll tell you you don't belong and they don't care enough
Misunderstanding is everywhere

----

The vocals are strong, but these inept lyrics veer into song-poem territory. I'm not sure why seeing one million people moves the singer to tears. Is it because they're evil? Or is it because they don't care that you're crying? I don't care either. Make that one million and one. The second verse almost saves the lyrics but then shoots itself with "multi-colored melody." Having established that society is comprised of liars, we need a more forceful resolution to that observation than a quote from "The Music Man."

On top of this is a boring verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure. No bridge or instrumental break.

Rhyming "people" with "evil" was mildly clever.

I give this one and a half stars, one for the vocals and an extra half-a-star for the band name. If they ever actually performed in public with that name, I'd be willing to bump it up another star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38NlDlTaKqg
 
Great to have you on here, Gary. Any memories of the Waco scene would be most welcome -- not a whole lot has been written about it, yet there were some great records made there.

Thanks for correcting my guesses on the lyrics.
 
Great to have you on here, Gary. Any memories of the Waco scene would be most welcome -- not a whole lot has been written about it, yet there were some great records made there.

Thanks for correcting my guesses on the lyrics.

Thanks and you are welcome Don! So what do you guys think a mint copy would go for?
 
If you own...

1 copy = $600-$750
2 copies = $550 per copy
3-4 copies = $500 per copy
5-6 copies = $450 per copy
7-9 copies = $375 per copy
10-14 copies = $300 per copy
15-19 copies = $225 per copy
20-24 copies = $175 per copy
25-30 copies = $150 per copy
31-50 copies = $125 per copy
51-75 copies = $100 per copy
76-100 copies = $60 per copy
100+ copies = $50 per copy

And if you do own multiples, it would be best to start out at the recommended prices, rather than trying to maximise prices for the first few copies sold:bucks!:. Doing that would make it very hard to sell more than 3 or 4 copies at any price after the collecting circle wises up.

(edit : adjusted some of the midrange prices downward just a little)